Map information may not be known beforehand. The site may also be in a dynamic state where changes occur in the surrounding in any moment. The main objective of this project is to develop novel technologies to increase situation awareness of remote robot operators and their ability to intuitively interact with the robots for more efficient operations.
These algorithms would perform place recognition based on multiple sensor data imagery, laser, and radar gathered from a UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicle as it travels through the environment. When the vehicle returns to a previously visited scene, the ASLAM algorithm will recognize the scene, update its internal representation, report this to the UGV.
Sign Up. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement. Skip to main content. Advanced Search Type Article. Basic page. FAQ Page. Newsroom Item. Office Location. Programs Landing Page. Research Project. Fifty years after MDA was founded as a private company it will be reverting back to being private, and not for the first time. This abridged history is written to provide context of significant events that shaped the company as it transitioned from a private company to a public company and back again.
This is the first part in a series of stories on MDA and where it fits into the Canadian space ecosystem as of early Pitts —95 , and Daniel E. Friedmann — MDA first went public in on the Vancouver exchange. Its second crack at the Canadian public marketplace would last longer. After Orbital Sciences Corporation began experiencing cash flow and debt issues, it needed to divest some assets. The government of Stephen Harper would never have allowed this to happen.
That experience prompted the Harper government to introduce an explicit national security test into the Investment Canada Act. The Investment Canada Act applies to any acquisition of a controlling interest in a Canadian company by non-Canadians, which is what has happened — since October — as a result of Maxar Technologies' listing in New York. There is little doubt that MDA's transformation into a U. Moreover, MDA was the only Canadian space company with the size, scope and expertise to serve as a prime contractor for major Canadian Space Agency or Department of National Defence projects.
As such, it was a natural choice of partner whenever the Canadian government had space-related work involving classified information. Access Plan" for obtaining the right to bid on U. But not to worry , the company's leaders said: MDA would keep its head office in Vancouver, remain listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and maintain thousands of high-tech jobs in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.
Lance had previously served as executive adviser to New York-based Blackstone Group. But it made no move to review the "U.
Access Plan" under the national security test in the Investment Canada Act. On arriving at MDA, Mr. The sale closed in October,
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